Outdoor Eats, an outdoor adventure cooking resource and community founded by Chef Corso, debuts a TV series produced by production company Heliconia. The first season of this adventure culinary show is set to premiere on July 20 on Bally Sports Network. OutsideTV also will air the full season of Outdoor Eats beginning July 31.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Corso is a classically trained chef with more than 20 years of restaurant and food development experience. While backpacking in the national parks of Washington State, Corso was inspired to shake up the status quo of pre-packaged and processed camp food.
With his extensive culinary and food science experience, Corso started developing and testing meals and snacks with the hiker and camper in mind – ensuring the recipes are easy to shop for, easy to pack, mindful of pack weight and volume, quick to make at camp and delicious.
Continuing his mission to elevate the outdoor culinary experience, Corso hits the trail in Outdoor Eats, delivering hiking and backpacking storylines, camp recipes, cooking and packing tips, and gear reviews in the world’s top adventure destinations.
In episode one, Corso heads to Arizona, where he hikes spectacular desert trails and shows us how to cook gourmet backpacking meals with easy-to-find and packable ingredients.
Coming later in July, episode two will feature camp meals and a trail-gate happy hour in the golden hills of San Francisco.
“I’m excited to share the Outdoor Eats mission of elevated meals outdoors with a larger audience,” Corso said. “Food on the trail doesn’t have to be just jerky and trail mix. There are so many great options to share that complement your journey in a better way. Some recipe highlights from the first few episodes are Pad Thai, Beef Stroganoff, Bacon Cheddar Grits, and Jambalaya.”
In celebration of his debut TV series, Corso will tour nationally, holding special episode viewings as well as cooking workshops for the Outdoor Eats community. The tour kicks off Aug. 3 at REI Berkeley, Calif., and Aug. 17 at REI Seattle Flagship in Seattle.
Full event announcements will be coming soon.
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Heliconia is planning shoots for the 2024 season of Outdoor Eats and is looking for gear and destination partnerships. For marketing and partnership inquiries, contact James McBeath james@heliconia.ca
